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Prime Movers Lab
Venture capital
Prime Movers Lab is a venture capital firm that invests in breakthrough scientific startups founded by technical founders it calls Prime Movers. It provides resources and coaching to help scientists become executives, and makes a small number of investments so it can work deeply with each company.
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Or find every investor that fitsPrime Movers Lab lists 33 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 6 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (34%), Healthcare & Biotech (19%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (13%). 89% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Timescale Ventures, ARK Venture Fund and Bold Capital Partners.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Prime Movers Lab, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Prime Movers Lab's whole history. Rounds on record name 6 companies; its own site lists 33. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundPrime Movers Lab does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 33% |
| Series A | 50% |
| Series B | 17% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 1 | 1 |
| '24 | 1 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 3 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 71th | 33 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 64th | 33% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 67th | 6% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 62th | 34% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 34% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 19% | 15% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 13% | 7% |
| Education | 9% | 7% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 8% | 1% |
| Space & Defense | 8% | 3% |
| Consumer | 4% | 3% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 2% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Timescale Ventures | 6 |
| ARK Venture Fund | 5 |
| Bold Capital Partners | 5 |
| Mana Ventures | 5 |
| Capitoria | 4 |
| Crosscourt Ventures | 4 |
| Evolution VC Partners | 4 |
| Harmonix Fund | 4 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers3297%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company13%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Timescale Ventures
Compare Prime Movers Lab head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Prime Movers Lab| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 21 May 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 21 May 2026 | Series A | |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Series A | |
| 6 Aug 2025 | Series B | |
| 7 Aug 2024 | Series A | |
| 27 Jun 2023 | Seed Led |
Round details for Prime Movers Lab
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Prime Movers Lab's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
33 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aalo Atomics builds mass-manufactured nuclear power plants designed to power data centers and other applications | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company builds the future of aerospace and defense, including air taxis and electric powertrains. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Atom Computing builds highly scalable, gate-based quantum computers with arrays of optically-trapped neutral atoms | Healthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Axiom Space operates end-to-end missions to the ISS and develops human-rated space infrastructure, including a space station and spacesuits. | Space & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Boom builds supersonic airliners and natural gas turbines from scratch | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Commonwealth Fusion Systems is developing commercial fusion energy systems using high-temperature superconducting magnets and tokamak-based configurations. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Dalan Animal Health develops vaccines for animals, including honeybees and shrimp. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Jun 2023Seed | Funding round | |
| E-Space is creating a suite of global capabilities to improve lives, make businesses more efficient and build a smarter planet through its LEO platform and satellite constellations. | Space & DefenseSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Energy Vault delivers power and resilience through energy infrastructure, including energy storage, utility services, and AI and data center infrastructure | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Figure develops and uses a humanoid robot and artificial intelligence for household tasks | Robotics & HardwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Pyka designs and manufactures autonomous aircraft for various applications including agriculture, logistics, and defense. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Focused Energy is commercializing laser fusion technology to produce energy | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| FORT Robotics provides safety solutions and services for the robotics industry, including hardware, software, and consulting services to ensure safe and efficient operation of robots in various environments. | Robotics & HardwareCybersecurity | Aug 2025Series B | Funding round | |
| Gilgamesh Pharma develops innovative new chemical entities to transform the treatment paradigm of psychiatric disease | Healthcare & Biotech | Mar 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Gordian uses a proprietary in vivo drug discovery platform to identify targets and therapies for complex age-related diseases | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Halo provides laser-based manufacturing services, including laser wafering and production of SiC wafers, for industries such as data centers and electric vehicles. | Industrial & ManufacturingRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| Hark provides a personal assistant system to help users manage and accomplish various tasks | AI & Machine LearningConsumer | May 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| IVIVA Medical is developing fully implantable bioartificial kidneys for transplants | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| LILA generates hypotheses, designs and runs experiments, and learns from new data in real time using advanced AI and autonomous labs | AI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Lygenesis develops cell therapies for life-threatening diseases, including Type 1 diabetes, end stage liver and renal disease | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- primemoverslab.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 27 Jun 2023
- Companies checked
- 33
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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